Frederick Hirsch

Frederick Hirsch
serves as Chair of the OASIS Board of Directorsand
also as Chair of the Board IPR Committee; his term extends
to July 2016. He has
extensive distributed systems and security experience, having worked at
Nokia, AT&T Bell Laboratories, BBN, OSF, and CertCo, as well as smaller
companies.

Frederick is also active in the W3C as the Chair of the XML
Security Working Group and Chair of the Device APIs Working Group.
Working in the areas of Web Services and Identity Management he has also
been active in the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), Liberty Alliance (ID-WSF
2.0 editor) and WS-I Basic Security Profile group. He has also
contributed at the W3C as editor in the WS- Policy and XKMS Working
Groups. Frederick is co-author of the book Mobile Web Services:
Architecture and Implementation. His blog is Thinking Generally.

At OASIS, you don't have to be a large vendor to influence work. Of all the standards bodies we’ve participated in, OASIS is the only one we recommend with no hesitation. It is a group that simply works.

OASIS is driven by the needs on the ground of the business community, governments, and users. It can move with great speed and agility. These are not pie-in-the-sky standards ideas, they’re very practical.

We like OASIS because it operates in a neutral environment, not dominated by any particular vendors. It has a reputation for being on the leading edge of new ideas and better processes. Participation for us has been a win-win-win.

I always encourage vendors with products related to access control, security, or cloud computing to join the appropriate OASIS Technical Committees and contribute to the standards work. We all benefit that way.